DR 4/14. I'm assuming it's a reserve, since no link to admitted students section. I really don't understand why Cornell dragged us EA students through the mud like this. oh well...200K is too much to spend on an education in the end anyways.

DR 4/14Received my "Reserve" letter today. I'm going to deposit at UVa, but I'm going to send another LOCI to Cornell. I'll definitely wait until the end of May for a decision, but if they then put me on the summer wait list, I'll probably withdraw.

OneKnight wrote:My favorite part of the letter was "let me explain our situation"...lol

haha can you elaborate on that, it sounds like an interesting explanation follows

Unfortunately, it's mostly just platitudes.

"Let me explain our situation. This year we've received over 6,000 applications for the 190 places in our entering class. A large number of these people deserve an offer of admission. Unfortunately, we're not able to admit every deserving person and, since our small size is such a high priority, we have to be very cautious about the number of offers we make; otherwise, we could end up with an overly large entering class..."

The important information is this:

"Later in the season after we've begun to hear back from people already accepted (usually by mid to late May), we decide if further offers are appropriate. If so, we review the files of all reserve applicants and make additional decisions. At that point, we also create our official summer waiting list."

OneKnight wrote:My favorite part of the letter was "let me explain our situation"...lol

haha can you elaborate on that, it sounds like an interesting explanation follows

Unfortunately, it's mostly just platitudes.

"Let me explain our situation. This year we've received over 6,000 applications for the 190 places in our entering class. A large number of these people deserve an offer of admission. Unfortunately, we're not able to admit every deserving person and, since our small size is such a high priority, we have to be very cautious about the number of offers we make; otherwise, we could end up with an overly large entering class..."

The important information is this:

"Later in the season after we've begun to hear back from people already accepted (usually by mid to late May), we decide if further offers are appropriate. If so, we review the files of all reserve applicants and make additional decisions. At that point, we also create our official summer waiting list."

I'm sure you're super-excited to get this letter!

thanks for typing this up

yeah, I'll be getting one of those soon. They still failed to explain why EA people slipped to least prioritized applicants. To be honest, I would expect something closer to an apology for effectively punishing us for our foresight and interest in their school.

OneKnight wrote:"Let me explain our situation. This year we've received over 6,000 applications for the 190 places in our entering class. A large number of these people deserve an offer of admission. Unfortunately, we're not able to admit every deserving person and, since our small size is such a high priority, we have to be very cautious about the number of offers we make; otherwise, we could end up with an overly large entering class..."

[...]

"Later in the season after we've begun to hear back from people already accepted (usually by mid to late May), we decide if further offers are appropriate. If so, we review the files of all reserve applicants and make additional decisions. At that point, we also create our official summer waiting list."

Read:

"Let me explain our situation. If we over enroll our entering class, it's seriously going to hurt our expenditures per student, which would be counterintuitive given the steps we've already taken to maximize our USNWR score in this category. (That is, jack the tuition above $50k/yr.)

...

Furthermore, we would prefer to wait until June to protect our yield, as only the most [strike]desperate[/strike] masochistic of your peers will be willing to put up with our bullshit for eight months, and thus, more likely to accept our offer."

OneKnight wrote:"Let me explain our situation. This year we've received over 6,000 applications for the 190 places in our entering class. A large number of these people deserve an offer of admission. Unfortunately, we're not able to admit every deserving person and, since our small size is such a high priority, we have to be very cautious about the number of offers we make; otherwise, we could end up with an overly large entering class..."

[...]

"Later in the season after we've begun to hear back from people already accepted (usually by mid to late May), we decide if further offers are appropriate. If so, we review the files of all reserve applicants and make additional decisions. At that point, we also create our official summer waiting list."

Read:

"Let me explain our situation. If we over enroll our entering class, it's seriously going to hurt our expenditures per student, which would be counterintuitive given the steps we've already taken to maximize our USNWR score in this category. (That is, jack the tuition above $50k/yr.)

...

Furthermore, we would prefer to wait until June to protect our yield, as only the most [strike]desperate[/strike] masochistic of your peers will be willing to put up with our bullshit for eight months, and thus, more likely to accept our offer."

DR 4/14 I will likely withdraw. The treatment of EA applicants has been the opposite of classy. At this point in the cycle I can´t convince myself to pay 200K for the middle of nowhere when I have money and friends at BU.

OneKnight wrote:"Let me explain our situation. This year we've received over 6,000 applications for the 190 places in our entering class. A large number of these people deserve an offer of admission. Unfortunately, we're not able to admit every deserving person and, since our small size is such a high priority, we have to be very cautious about the number of offers we make; otherwise, we could end up with an overly large entering class..."

[...]

"Later in the season after we've begun to hear back from people already accepted (usually by mid to late May), we decide if further offers are appropriate. If so, we review the files of all reserve applicants and make additional decisions. At that point, we also create our official summer waiting list."

Read:

"Let me explain our situation. If we over enroll our entering class, it's seriously going to hurt our expenditures per student, which would be counterintuitive given the steps we've already taken to maximize our USNWR score in this category. (That is, jack the tuition above $50k/yr.)

...

Furthermore, we would prefer to wait until June to protect our yield, as only the most [strike]desperate[/strike] masochistic of your peers will be willing to put up with our bullshit for eight months, and thus, more likely to accept our offer."